circRNA basic information
circBase ID: hsa_circ_0006220
Name: hsa_circ_TADA2A
Synonym: circTADA2A
Host Gene: TADA2A
Genomic location(hg19): chr17:35800605-35800763:+
Genomic location(hg38): chr17:37440504-37440662:+
Subcellular localization: nucleus and cytoplasm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disease basic information
MONDO ID:
0017858
MONDO name: acute erythroid leukemia
Disease details: FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia
Disease DO ID:
0080780
Disease MeSH ID:
D004915
Disease NCIt ID:
C8923
Disease ICD11 ID:
538743484; 631263622
Disease OMIM ID:
-
Species: Human
Species details: Homo sapiens
Tissue specimen:

FLT3-ITD AML tissues; bone marrow; spleen

Cell lines:

MOLM-13; MV4-11

In vivo animal model:

patient-derived xenograft; cell line-derived xenograft

circRNA-disease information
Expression pattern:
DN
Associated gene: TRIM28, MDM2, p53, p21, Bax
Associated microRNA: -
Biological function: Suppresses FLT3-ITD AML cell proliferation and leukemia maintenance, promotes apoptosis, reduces leukemia stem/initiating cell self-renewal, and enhances sensitivity to quizartinib treatment.
Molecular mechanism: CircTADA2A competitively binds TRIM28, inhibits TRIM28/MDM2 complex formation, reduces p53 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation, stabilizes p53 protein, and activates the p53 pathway.
Biological pathway or process:

p53 signaling (promotes); apoptosis (promotes); proliferation (inhibits); cell cycle (inhibits); ubiquitination (inhibits); drug resistance (inhibits); other pathway/process (inhibits)

Detected method:
Q
M
Validation methods:

Back-Splice Junction PCR / divergent primers PCR; RNase R Treatment; Sanger Sequencing; Actinomycin D / DRB Stability Assay; RT-qPCR; Microarray; FISH / smFISH; Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Fractionation; Clinical Sample Validation; RIP (RNA Immunoprecipitation); RNA Pull-Down; Co-IP; Transfection; CCK8; Colony Formation Assay; Flow Cytometry(Non-apoptosis/cycle); Western Blot; In Vivo Animal Model; IHC (Immunohistochemistry); Bioinformatics Analysis

Clinical significance:

CircTADA2A is proposed as a potential therapeutic molecule and RNA-based therapeutic approach for FLT3-ITD AML treatment, including enhancement of quizartinib response.

Description:

CircTADA2A is downregulated in FLT3-ITD AML and functions as a tumor-suppressive circRNA. It binds TRIM28 to disrupt TRIM28/MDM2 complex formation, reduces p53 ubiquitination and degradation, activates the p53 pathway, suppresses AML cell proliferation and leukemia-initiating capacity, and enhances quizartinib response.

Confidence score:

0.8814

Other information
Title:

CircTADA2A stabilizes p53 via interacting with TRIM28 and suppresses the maintenance of FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia.

Journal: Leukemia
Published: 2025
PubMed ID: 40175625
Study type:

combined biological and clinical study

Data availability: GSE94591; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-025-02589-4
Code availability: -